It is interesting this has happened because back on Sept 1st I made a video response to @jerrybanfield to reactivate his witness node.
Ultimately he wanted me to pay him $49 / month to be a partner on his website or some BS just to watch my video. Well of course he had already watched the video because who doesn't watch a video addressed directly to them when his own videos are only getting a few hundred views typically.
The sad this is doing something like this is the only way to potential get into a position of profitability as a witness on this chain.
It is actually one of the most frustrating things to me that I can't run a witness node on this blockchain. There is no point in losing money on it here so I have to focus on other chains.
You can run a witness on this blockchain just like anyone else can. Doesn’t mean you are entitled to a top 20 spot or any other spot unless you get the votes for it.
Nah...... no thanks. I don't like being unprofitable. I'm running a witness on another chain. In 2+ years I was never popular enough here to consider wasting my time and money.
Message me on discord. I am happy to take a loss to be part of a witness node. There is much work to be done and doing things for the community has gotten a few in the top 20. Not everyone in the top twenty has to be a sleazeball.
So tell me your vision of Steemit on discord and I may be willing to foot the bill for service.
can I do this too @erodedthoughts, you don't even need to foot the bill. I am interested in setting up a witness, would like to start having these conversations.
This offer is open to anyone if their thoughts and ideas of what Steemit is are in line with my own.
erodedthoughts#6809
Thanks for your enthusiasm but me reaching out to Jerry was my last attempt at trying to get anything done on this chain. It ends up being a time waster. I have been here since July of 2016 and have seen problem after problem. In general the witnesses in power here don't really care about what I have to say. Personally I think most of us are better off focusing on EOS at this point.
You make no sense. It has taken 20 HF and a few years to try and fix Steemit and you jump ship to Dan's new broken item which he will walk away from as soon as the problems start like he does with every project?
Have fun spending the next 5 years trying to fix EOS.
I'm not jumping ship to anywhere. I'm saying that it likely doesn't make sense to run a Witness node on this chain because those in power will seek to remain in power. With the amount of ram required you can easily spend $160 / month running it and if you want to be in the top 20 it would make sense to try to run a seed node also to convince people of power to possibly vote for you. So factor in $320 / month. Well a few months of doing that and trying to campaign to the God kings it will get old real fast.
Every project has it's issues including EOS. EOS is an open slate with 0.5s block times and is already cranking up the transactions.
Anyone can take the EOSIO software and build their own product on it. STEEM as well is open source so people can take the code base and expand on it.
I see our thoughts on being a witness are 100% different. I am in no need of the money so I don't care of the cost and want to make a community upvoter with what the witness makes. It should be a zero profit job if truly done for the good of the community, just as users should not self-vote in my opinion.
"because those in power will seek to remain in power."??? You mean Steemit is NOT decentralized? Oh, that's news! 🙄EOS is shit
Wtf! Man... ugh i hate greasy people.